This course enablesparticipants to learn about the best practices for implementing and managing asocial responsibility program as proposed in ISO 26000:2010. The participantwill learn the different core subjects and issues: human rights, labour practices,the environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, communityinvolvement and development. This training is fully compatible with SA8000(Global social accountability standard by the Social AccountabilityInternational).

Day 1: Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility concepts as defined by ISO 26000

•Normative, regulatory and legal framework related to organizations’ social responsibility

•Fundamental principles of organizations’ social responsibility

•Introduction to management systems and the process approach

•Presentation of ISO 26000 clauses and its six core subjects

•General requirements: presentation of the clauses 4 to 7 of ISO 26000

•Implementation phases of the ISO 26000 program

•Continual improvement of a social responsibility program

•Conducting an ISO 26000 audit

Day 2: Implementing controls in social responsibility according to ISO 26000 and Certification Exam

•Development of a social responsibility policy and objectives

•Human rights issues and best practices

•Labour practices issues and best practices

•The environment issues and best practices

•Fair operating practices issues and best practices

•Consumer issues and best practices

•Community involvement and development issues and best practices

•Certified ISO 26000 Foundation exam

Prerequisites

None

Educational approach

•This training is based on both theory and practice:

oSessions of lectures illustrated with examples based on real cases

oReview exercises to assist the exam preparation

oPractice test similar to the certification exam

•To beneft from the practical exercises, the number of training participants is limited

Examination and certification

•The “Certified ISO 26000 Foundation” exam fully meets the requirements of the PECB Examination and Certification Programme (ECP). The exam covers the following competence domains:

oDomain 1: Fundamental principles and concepts of social responsibilities

oDomain 2: Social responsibility program

•The “Certified ISO 26000 Foundation” exam is available in different languages (the complete list of languages can be found in the examination application form)

•Duration: 1 hour

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·        Members of a socialresponsibility team

·        Project managers orconsultants wanting to prepare and to support an organization in theimplementation of a social responsibility program

·        Persons responsible fora social responsibility program or conformity in an organization

·        Members of a socialresponsibility team

·        Auditors

·        To understand theimplementation of a social responsibility program in accordance with ISO26000

·        To understand therelationship between a social responsibility programand the compliance with the requirements of different stakeholders of theorganization

·        To know the concepts,approaches, standards, methods and techniques allowing to effectively manage asocial responsibility program

·        To acquire thenecessary expertise to contribute in implementing a social responsibilityprogram as presented in ISO26000